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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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